Secret Service shoots armed man after confrontation near the White House

Event dated 2025-03-09

The U.S. Secret Service said it shot an armed man near the White House after a confrontation with law enforcement shortly after midnight in Washington, D.C. The agency said the encounter happened near 17th and F streets NW and that the man was later taken to hospital.

According to NBC News, the incident began after local police had reported a suicidal individual who might have been traveling to the capital from Indiana. Secret Service personnel later found a vehicle associated with the report and then spotted a person on foot who matched the description. When officers approached, the man reportedly brandished a firearm, prompting what the agency described as an armed confrontation during which shots were fired by Secret Service personnel.

NBC News said the suspect’s condition was unknown after he was taken to hospital. The report also said no Secret Service personnel were injured. That left the central law-enforcement question focused on the sequence of events and the status of the man involved, rather than on any broader security breach at the White House itself.

The episode mattered because it happened in a sensitive area and involved the protective service responsible for the U.S. president. Even though the confrontation took place outside the White House grounds, any shooting near the complex immediately draws scrutiny over how the incident unfolded and how the threat was identified. NBC News reported that President Donald Trump was in Florida when the incident occurred and later returned to the White House that Sunday night.

The available reporting did not establish a motive beyond the initial police concern that the man might have been suicidal. It also did not resolve whether the person was acting alone, whether he had intended to approach the White House, or what led him to be carrying a firearm. Those questions remained under investigation at the time of the report.

The reporting identified the man as 27-year-old Andrew Dawson from Indiana, according to two senior law-enforcement officials cited by NBC News. Because that identification came from unnamed officials, it should be read as part of the developing record rather than a final official finding. The core confirmed facts are the shooting, the arrest, the hospital transfer and the absence of injuries to Secret Service personnel.

The location also matters. An encounter near 17th and F streets NW puts the event within the dense security zone around the White House, where even short-lived incidents can trigger a rapid response. In that sense, the episode was not only a criminal or mental-health intervention, but also a test of the layered protective perimeter around one of the most closely guarded sites in the United States.

The event date of 2025-03-09 anchors the incident as an early-March security story with immediate federal implications. The reporting supports a narrow account: an armed confrontation occurred, shots were fired, the suspect was hospitalized, and the case remained under investigation.